Searching for Traces Chapter 9 Applying for a Dart Bureau
The purpose of Yunqi coming to Wanzi County is to find out the truth about the slaughter of the whole village, and now he has just arrived in the county seat, and he is very unfamiliar with everything in the county, so there is no way to start verifying, so the most important thing at present is not fortune telling, but how to settle himself, let himself take root in the county, and then slowly look for traces and carefully investigate.
Thinking of this, he smiled at the Taoist chief and said: "Taoist chief, the kid just arrived here, originally wanted to find something to do in the county, earn some money, so that he could go back to his hometown to build a new house, but now he has been eaten by you, and he is becoming more and more shy in his pocket, so now fortune-telling is not the first thing, the first thing to do is to find a job, I don't know if the chief can guide me?" ”
When the Taoist chief heard this, his old face turned red, and he laughed: "You little ghost, you actually make fun of the old man." Do you want to work here, but you don't know what you're going to do for a living? ”
Yun Qi thought for a while: "Don't look thin, kid, in fact, he still has a lot of strength, he has been working in the mountains for more than ten years, his body is still strong, his legs and feet are good, and the kid has read a private school for a few years and knows some words." ”
Yang Daochang stroked his beard, pondered for a long time, and said slowly: "In the past few years, the business in the county has not been very easy to do, and most stores have laid off employees, so this workmanship is really not as easy to find as in previous years. ”
Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he said tentatively: "I wonder if the little brother is willing to go to the dart game?" I happened to hear yesterday that the county dart bureau is in need of manpower, maybe you can give it a try! ”
Dart game? Yun Qi's heart moved, what is the dart game for? Bodyguards and bodyguards, that is a business that licks blood on the head of a knife, is a business that hangs his life on the waistband of his trousers, and he needs to go out to dart often, which may not be of any help to his investigation, thinking of this, he smiled bitterly and said: "Dao Chief, I don't look like a bodyguard's bodyguard, I really can't do that kind of life of shouting and killing." ”
"Hey, where do you want to go? What about this dart game, there are a lot of different livelihoods, the kind of dart you said is a kind of dart board, but there are many other kinds, you may not know, such as sending a letter on behalf of people, transporting some goods for other stores, etc., are the business of the dart board, and this kind of business accounts for more than one-third of the overall business of the dart board, like the kind of dart you said, not every day, sometimes it is difficult to have one for several months, but send an urgent mail, transport some goods and the like, almost every day, but do not worry about no business. Dao Chang said to Yun Qi.
Yun Qi only understood through conversation, it turned out that the most done in this dart bureau on weekdays is actually freight and courier work, which really meets their own requirements, the skills required are not much, and you can run around in the county, contact with all kinds of people, it is really the most suitable profession for yourself, I can't help but be overjoyed, and I arched my hand and said: "The kid has a black eye here, and I hope that the Taoist will introduce me to it, if I can take root in the county, the kid will definitely invite the Taoist to eat and drink." ”
Yang Daochang smiled happily, stood up, patted the dirt on his buttocks, and said to Yun Qi: "Young man, it's better to choose a day than to hit the day, let's go and wait for the poor Dao to talk about it for you, whether it is successful or not, it is also a merit made by the poor Dao." ”
"Thank you, Chief!" Yun Qi sincerely thanks.
When the two of them did not travel for a long time, they came to a high-walled compound, the courtyard wall is two or three feet higher than the average house, occupies a huge area, there is a big plaque hanging at the courtyard gate, and there are four majestic and powerful big characters on it: "Sanjiang Dart Bureau". Yun Qi couldn't help but be stunned, this name had been seen before, that was when he lived in Luofeng Academy, there was also a dart bureau in Xianyan Town, the name of the dart bureau was called Sanjiang Dart Bureau, I remember that when the whole town searched for the Japanese Kou, they also fought with the catcher, and then I heard the little fat man talk about it, and he also deliberately ran to the gate to look, and was blasted away by those people with flower arms at the door, and now in this Wanzi County, there is actually a Sanjiang Dart Bureau, is it a coincidence? Or is there some correlation in it?
At the door of the dart game, as usual, there were two big men in shape, although it was late autumn and early winter, but these two people left their clothes open, revealing strong chest muscles, and colorful tattoos on their chests, with a fierce look.
Yang Daochang approached with a smile and explained his intention to one of them, and the man looked Yun Qi up and down, and then said, "Two, please come with me." Then he turned and walked into the courtyard.
Walking into the courtyard, turning the wall, a large field appeared in front of me, there were two rows of weapon racks on one side of the field, with weapons such as swords, guns, swords, halberds, etc., and there were some stone locks next to them, of different sizes, there were four or five young offspring who were practicing martial arts shirtless, and the sound of heha was endless.
Yun Qi peeked at it, what these people practiced was hard kung fu with a big opening and closing, and the movements looked mighty, but the obvious force was not quite right, they were all straight and straight, and it was difficult to exert the strongest effect, and they fought with them, and it was estimated that they could put down most of them, and he couldn't help but be sure in his heart, but he didn't show his face, thinking to himself, if he really wants to test martial arts, he should still hide a little clumsy, don't be too conspicuous, just as Grandpa Wu said to himself, a good hunter should be invisible, never let the prey know your danger in advance, If you want to check clues here for a long time, you must be low-key, and not being noticed by others is the first place.
There is a large table on the left side of the clearing, there are some messy things on both sides of the table, there are four or five people who are busy, some are sorting, some are packing, there is a person sitting behind the table, about thirty years old, a tuberculosis ghost, the eye sockets are deep, there is not a few taels of flesh on the body, the robe is wrapped around the body, dangling, it is really scary, if the wind is stronger, will this person go with the wind, he is holding a brush and bowing his head on a thin sheet to write something, from time to time to stop the pen, to the table of several people shouting, When a page is written, a small stamp is stamped on the paper and handed to one of them, who respectfully takes the paper back, puts it in his bosom, and sorts it among the goods.
The big man who came in to report walked straight to the tuberculosis ghost and whispered a few words to him, and the tuberculosis ghost looked up at Yang Daoshi and Yun Qi, and then asked Yun Qi, "Are you here to apply for a job, or are you fast?" ”
Yun Qi was stunned: "What is a wrestler, what is fast feet?" ”
The leprosy ghost smiled and explained: "What about the wrestler, it is the rough work in the dart game, such as the cart when the dart, the unloading, the fast foot is to send a message, send some letters, or small items, this wrestler, harder, but more money, fast foot work is easier, but not much money, I see your body, or do fast feet." ”
Yun Qi thought for a while, he didn't come to make money, this fast foot seemed to be more suitable for himself, he could run around, and he could inquire about more news, so he hugged his fist at him and said: "Listen to this big brother, I will be a fast foot." ”
The tuberculosis ghost was happy: "Big brother? Boy, you should call me uncle, my son is twelve, I am the steward here, surnamed Cui, you can call me Uncle Cui, and I will arrange the work in the future. Then he shouted to a young man who was practicing martial arts on the other side of the field, "Qiao Zhong, Qiao Zhong, come here." ”
A tall man with a black look pedaled over, and when he got closer, he was actually not very old, estimated to be seventeen or eighteen years old, and there were some immature looks on his face, but he looked powerful and tall, and in a few years, he would definitely be a good man again.
"Qiao Zhong, this is a newcomer, I will be divided into a group with you in the future, you take him to stay, and then tell him in detail about our rules here, you have to take him with snacks, don't be lazy." Uncle Cui said with a smile.
"Uncle Cui laughed, how could I be that kind of person." Qiao Zhong hugged his fist at Uncle Cui and asked Yun Qi to follow him.
Yun Qi remembered that there was Yang Daochang behind him, and hurriedly turned around, but saw that Uncle Cui took out a few big money from his pocket and put it in Yang Daochang's hand, Yang Daochang grinned on his face, threw the money into the air, caught it steadily, stuffed it into his robe, and hugged Steward Cui to express his gratitude. Seeing that Yun Qi was turning his head, he took two steps forward, patted Yun Qi on the shoulder, and said to Yun Qi: "This little brother, the two of us are destined, today you invited me to a meal, I found a messenger for you, and you brought me a reward, this is what Taoism calls cause and effect, you are my cause, I am also your cause, I hope you can do a good job here in the future, Lao Tao is still waiting for you to invite me to drink!" After saying that, he laughed and turned away.
It turned out that Lao Dao played the role of a tooth line this time, in addition to mixing a meal with a round belly, he also got an introduction fee, no wonder he was so attentive, and the gratitude in Yun Qi's heart weakened slightly.
After settling down in the accommodation, Qiao Zhong led him around the courtyard again, introduced him to some of the situations in the courtyard, and told him where he couldn't go, where he could go, what rules he had, and what he usually had to pay attention to, there were many rules Yun Qi is really unheard of, as a fast foot, generally speaking, the things sent are not heavy, but the speed requirements are very high, such as a letter, from the east of the city to the west of the city, sometimes when it is urgent, it is required to be delivered within an hour, at this time you have to do everything possible to meet the requirements, If you are late, you may miss a major event, not only will you not get a single salary, but you will even have to pay compensation.
They often receive some peculiar work, Qiao Zhong received a peculiar job in the early part of the year, that day the county order banquet invited distinguished guests, but to set up a banquet at home, do not go to the restaurant, eat for a long time, suddenly the distinguished guest said that he wanted to eat a local must - sweet and sour live fish, this fish is a local must, only a restaurant chef can make it, I heard that they first scrape the scales of the fish to remove the dirty, and then slightly marinated, into the oil pot to fry, quickly out of the pot, and then poured on the soup, when the dish is served on the table, the mouth of the fish is still open and closed, the dish is red and bright, the taste is delicate, it is a must-have for Wanzi, and other idlers can't do it.
The county order heard that the guests wanted to eat, but there was no at home, so they ordered someone to go to the restaurant to serve, the fish was eaten a fresh, the family brought back twice without success, the fish was motionless when the table was served, the county order was angry, and said to the housekeeper, if you can't serve the live fish again, you will just get out of the house and leave, the housekeeper was forced to be helpless, first to the restaurant to find the shopkeeper, hoping to invite the chef to the house, to make this dish nearby, but the shopkeeper refused at a time, saying that this is a must in the restaurant, every time their chef makes this dish in the restaurant, I also have to kick all the helpers out of the kitchen, for fear of a leak, and now if you want him to cook this dish outside, it is absolutely impossible.
The housekeeper couldn't, so he had to find the dart bureau, hoping that the dart bureau could solve this problem, saying, as long as the dart bureau could solve this matter, he was willing to make a silver ten taels, hearing the news, the dart bureau was also at a loss, although the commission was rich, but the difficulty was too high, and he felt that he couldn't take it, so he wanted to refuse, and he didn't want Qiao Zhong to pat his chest and say, this thing is simple, as long as I shoot, I will definitely catch it, and I will succeed.
As a result, he really succeeded in this matter.